Conductor Facundo Agudin, Argentine by origin who lives and works in Switzerland, has visited Armenia by the invitation of the Stephan Elmas Foundation to be present at the premier concert of Alexandre Siranossian. One of his major tasks were negotiations with the Cadence Music Centre on further collaboration and establishing of joint projects to take place in Armenia, Argentina and Switzerland. Maestro Agudin had meetings with Mr. Kamo Hovhannisyan, General Manager of the Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, his colleague Karen Durgaryan, pianist Armen Babakhanian and other representatives of different music institutions of Armenia.
In May 2006 it was agreed to schedule joint production of the "Magic Flute" by W.A.Mozart with participation of European singers, Armenian National Opera Theatre's leading artists, orchestra, choir and ballet. The costumes of the production will be brought by maestro Agudin from Switzerland. The stage director also will be invited from Switzerland.
Within 2006 there will take place visits to Switzerland of maestro Karen Durgaryan, pianist Armen babakhanian and the Cadence Ensemble.